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PI

The Symbol of π

The symbol π was introduced by the mathmatical
William Jones in 1706 his symbol was adapted by
Euler in 1737 who wrote 3.14159=π Tand became

the standard symbol of π- Molly



Fomrulas

There are several diiferent formulas fo pi. Here are some:
The diameter time pi equals the circumference of a circle. C =
The radius times pi squared equals the area of a circle. A = Rπ2 - Ethan

Guess What

1. Guess what, in September 2002, Dr. Kanda of the University of Tokoyo calculated 1.2411 trillion digits of pi.
2. Guess what, there's a more accurate fraction of pi. It's 104348 / 33215 which is accurate down to 0.00000001056%.
3. Guess what, Hiroyoki Gotu memorized 42,000 digits of pi.
4 The real number for Pi has never been found. It's otherwize known as googol-plex.
5. Check out cool PI poems here. Also, check out this cool link. It can find stings of numbers for the first 200,000,000 digits of pi.

Cacutating π

π can be calculated by drawing a large circle,

then measuring its diameter and circumference

and dividing the circumference by the diameter

(or circumfrance is about the size of 3x the diameter).-Molly


EXAMPLE QUESTION:

Below there is a pizza, thediameter of the pizza is 9.65
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What is the circumfrance?
Now, about what is the circumfrance?
{hint look at calculating π}

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Websites

www.misterteacher.com
Pi Day
Pi Song (digets)
Pi Song
http://www.angio.net/pi/piquery
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi
http://mathforum.org/dr.math/faq/faq.pi.html
http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=1d8816411305bd1bc2b1